Game



March 2, 1937. H, J, ST." 2,072,723

GAME

Filed March 7, 1936 INVENTOR enr-y J.' .SZL'Z m ATTORNEYS 2 (rss HenryJ. Stitt, New York, N. Y.,

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Eldge Inc., New York, N. Y.

Application March '3, 1936, Serial No. 67,522

'Ihis invention relates to a game, and particularly to what may betermed a game of amusement adapted to be thrown on a screen for theamusement oi an audience.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved game structurewhich may be placed in a projecting machine so that a portion thereofmay be projected on a screen and coact with cards carried by an audiencelooking at the screen or at least that part of the audience whichcooperate in playing the game.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a game having a slidefor projecting machines wherein a rotating indicating member is l5presented and actuated by intermittent blows or impulses from an airdriven member.

In the accompanying drawing:`

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to the slide shown in Fig. 1 but on an enlargedscale and with certain parts broken away; i

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 2 approximately on the line 3 3;

Fig. 4 is an elevation oi a modiiled form or wheel to that shown inFigs. l and 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through Fig. 4 on the line 5 5;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of a card coacting with .30 the numbers andpointer illustrated in Fi'gs. 1l

and 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, I indicates a llerwhich, may be a piece of wood, ber, bakelite or other material,

'35 and which spaces the members 2 and 3 whichfmay be glass, cellophane,celluloid, or other transn parent material. A covering or an enclosure 4holds the parts I, 2 and 3 together, said enclosure being paper,leather, metal or other material,

which snugly it as shown in Fig. 3 and which may be held in placebyadhesive, if desired.

The ller or spacer I is provided with a large cutout 5 as shown in Fig.2 and a small cutout 8 which merges at 'l into cutout 6. Anair entrancepassageway 8 is formed in the spacing member I and also an air ventpassageway 9 is formed in the same spacing member, passageway 9 beingpreferably of greater diameter than passageway 8 so as to allow the airto escape easily. A connecting pipe I0 is screwed into the Ispaceror.fl1ler member I as shown in Fig. 2 so as to register with thepassageway 8. A rubber hose is disengageab'lysecured to the member Illand also to a collapsible bulb |2.

sa When the device 1s used bulb l2 is collapsed in more or less quicksuccession so as to direct air through hose II and pipe 8 into thecutout 8 and against the teeth I3 of the motor or impelling wheel Il.'I'he bulb I2 is provided with an air inlet valve (not shown) wherebyair may be drawn in through the valve when the bulb expands and isprevented from passing through the valve when the bulb is dedated butthe air moves from the bulb when being deflated through tube asdescribed. l0

The motor or impelling wheel I4 is carried by a pin I5 which isjournalled in the members 2 and 3 so that the wheel I4 may freelyrotate. An impelling bumper or friction member I6 is provided and hasend sections I1 and I8 tted into l5 suitable slots so that the centralpart of this member will project beyond the various teeth I3 andconsequently strike the corrugated or roughened surface I9 of the ring20. By this arrangement the impelling bumper I6 will strike and -20 movering 20 upon each rotation o1 wheel I4. This gives successive impulsesor blows to the ring 20 so that the same may rotate at a high rate ofspeed and gather an appreciable momentum. When the person operating thedevice ceases to .25 actuate the bulb I2, wheel I4 will stop but thering 20 will continue to move under the action of inertia but willeventually stop.

Ring 20 is provided with a cross bar 2| which may be integral with thering or may be merely 30 rigidly secured thereto. A pointer 22 extendsfrom bar 2| and may be integral therewith and made independent andsecured thereto. Ring 2|), bar 2| and arrow or pointer 22 may be madefrom fiber, celluloid, metal, wood, bakelite or other 35 material, whichhas some desired weight so that a desired momentum may be producedtherein.

A pivotal support 23 extends through bar 2| and into or through therespective members 2 and 3 so that the ring 20 is freely androtatably.40 supported.

On one of the transparent members, preferably member 3, there is.provided a scale 2l and an enclosed space 26 having legends 26 which areshown as numbers. The numbers are from 45 zero up to 95 although 'thegraduations indicate from zero up to 99. The parts are made of a properproportion to permit the part 21 to act as a lantern slide and be slidinto the proper support in a projecting machine. Whenthe slide is rst 5@inserted into the projecting machine and the vlight is turned on, thegraduation 2l, legend 28,

bar 2| and pointer 22 will be thrown on to the screen. The inner portionof ring 22 will also be thrown on to the screen although the cutaway 45applied to the cross bar 2 I part 28 may be of a size to coincide withthe inner surface of ring 20 and thereby completely obscure this ring.

After the light has been turned on the operator 5 actuates thecollapsible bulb l2 and the pointer 22 and associated parts will beginto rotate. After a desired momentum has been secured the operator ceasesto actuate bulb i2, but the ring 2li and parts carried thereby willcontinue to -ro-v tate under the action of momentum for a short time.The pointer 22 will naturally come to rest,

pointing at.some number, namely one of the legends 2t or some graduationbetween two legends.

When used in the manner just described, there is a card, namely card 29,provided for each person in the theater or place where the projector isused. Various rules of the game may be used, and as an example one rulemay require that anyone holding card 29, in order to win a prize, mustbe the '.drst to check od one of the hori zontal rows of numbers. If thepointer 22 stops at 9 the rst time the device is actuated, the holder ofcard 29 will check 0E the numeral 9. if the second actuation of thedevice causes pointer 22 to stop at l5, the holder of card 29 may checkod' the numeral 15. As the deviceis moved from time to time, the holderof card 29 Awill check ofi any number on his card provided the pointer22 stops at that number. If he can check oi one horizontal row ofnumbers before anyone else, he will secure the rst prize. The otherparties in the theater or other place of amusement will be also checkingoi their cards, and preferably the rules arrange the cards so that notwo cards will be identical as far as nulmbers are concerned. The devicemay be operated until the pointer 22 has stopped at all the numbers, orthe device may be operated for a given 4@ time, as i'or instance ten orfifteen minutes.

In Figs. 4 and 5 a slightly modied form of ring is shown, namely ring Inthis form of ring the parts are made of glass, celluloid, or othertransparent material, and a pointer 22" is n be opaque -paint or may bemade of metal or other material andsecured vin place by adhesive or inany other desired way. When the wheel 2t' is used, all the parts beingtransparent, nothing will 50 be seenon the screen except the pivotal pin2B' and the pointer 22'. This will be somewhat mystifying but thepointer 22' will function. in. a similar manner to the pointer 22.

I claim:

i. A slide apparatus comprising a casing having transparent side-members, a wheel freely rotatable between said side members, an annularscale arranged on one of the side members and concentric with saidwheel, said Wheel being provided with a cross bar, means extendingthrough said cross bar for rotatably mounting said wheel, a pointercarried by said cross bar, said pointer being positioned so that the endthereof will pass over said graduations, an impeller adapted .to rotatesaid wheel, said impeller being provided with a number of tangentiallyarranged teeth and a projecting bumper extending outwardly far enough tostrike said wheel upon each rotation of the impeller to cause the wheelto rotatefand means for directing air against said teeth to cause saidimpeller to rotate.

2. A slide apparatus adapted to be used in a projecting machine,comprising-a rotatable ringlike wheel having a pointer carried thereby,`an 75 impeller'independently of the ring-like wheel but The pointer 22'may formed with a protuberance adapted to strike the ring-like wheelupon each rotation of the impeller so as to cause the ring-like Wheel torotate, and means for directing air against said impeller to cause thesamevto rotate.

3. A game apparatus adapted to be used with a projector, including meansfor intermittently providing a supply of air under pressure and a slidevconnected with said means, said slide being adapted to be inserted intothe projector, said slide having an inlet and outlet passageway for saidair, an impeller rotatably arranged in the slide and projecting into thepath of said air, said impeller having a protruding member, a rotatablymounted ring member provided with an arrow and positioned to be engagedby said protruding member upon each rotation of the impeller so as to berotated thereby, a pair of glass panels supporting and confining saidim-v peller and said ring-like member, and means on one of said panelspresenting an annular scale positioned concentric with said ring memberwhereby the ring member carrying the arrow after being impelled by theimpeller will come to rest position with the arrow pointing to some markon the annular scale.

4. A slide of the character described comprising a pair of transparentsupporting plates, a cover for said supporting plates, said cover havinga cutout on each side, a spacer having a pair of cutouts merging at onepoint, an air passageway leading into one of said cutouts and an airpassageway leading from the last mentioned cutout', a ring memberrotatably mounted between said plates opposite the cutouts in the casingand in one of the cutouts in the spacer, said ring member being providedwith an arrow, means on one of said plates presenting an annular scaleconcentric with said ring member, and an air actuated impeller arrangedbetween said plates and positioned in the other of the cutouts of thespacer, said impeller being provided at one point on its periphery witha projection adapted to strike the periphery of said ring member tointermittently impel the ring member so as to cause the same to rotatewhereby the ring member can'ying the arrow after being impelled by saidimpeller will come to rest position with the arrow pointing to some markon the annular scale.

5. A slide apparatus of the character described, provided with a pair oftransparent spaced plates, a spacer having a pair of cutouts merging atone point, an air passageway leading into one of said cutouts and an airpassageway leading from the last mentioned cutout, a transparent ringmember positioned in one of said cutouts between said plates andpivotally mounted on said plates, said ring member being provided withan opaque arrow, means on one of said transparent plates presenting anannular scale concentric with said ring member, and an air actuatedimpeller pivotally mounted between said plates in the other of saidcutouts, said impeller being formed with protruding means forintermittently engaging said ring member to intermittently give the'ringmember a rotary imaora'raa 3 pointer, a rotatable impeller formed with aprotuberanceadapted to engage said ring member upon each rotation forgiving the ring member a rotary impulse, means for directing air againstsaid impeller for causing the same to rotate, and means forming apassageway for the exhaust of said air whereby the rotatable membercarrying said pointer after being driven by said impeller will come torest position with the pointer pointing to some mark on said annularscale.

7. A slide structure comprising a spacer having a pair of cutoutsmerging at one point, an air passage leading into one of said cutoutsand an air passage leading from the last mentioned cutout, an impellingwheel rotatably mounted in the last mentioned cut out, a ring rotatablymounted in the other cut out and positioned to be actuated by saidimpelling wheel, a transparent member on `each side of said spacer, a,pointer carried by said ring, and anannular scale on one of saidtransparent members concentric to the rotatable ring whereby therotatable ring carrying said pointer after being driven by the lmpellingwheel will come to a rest position pointing to some mark on said annularscale.

8. A slide structure including a spacer having a pair of cutouts mergingat one point, an air passage leading into one of said cutouts and asecond air passage leading from the last mentioned cutout, said secondair passage being spaced from the first mentioned air passage, animpelling wheel having a protuberance at one point rotatably mounted in-thelast mentioned cutout, a ring rotatably mounted in the other cutoutand positioned to be actuated by said protuberance on said impellingwheel upon each rotation of the impelling wheel, a transparent member oneach side of said spacer, said transparent members being provided withaligned apertures substantially aligned with the center of the cutout inwhich said ring is mounted, a journal member positioned in saidapertures extending through the center of said ring for rotatablysupporting the ring, a pointer carried by said ring, and an annularscale on one of said transparent members concentric with the rotatablering whereby the rotatable ring carrying said pointer after being drivenby the impelling wheel will come to a rest position pointing to somemark on said annular scale.

HENRY J. STITT.

